Ink-well.



No. 684,384. Patented Oct. 8, I901. D. H. ROWE.

INK WELL.

' (Application filed June 10, 1901.)

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UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAVID II'IRAM ROWVE, OF EAST OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO TRUE ROWEA; (30., OF SAME PLACE.

INK-WELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 684,384, dateddctober8, 1901.

Application filed June 10, 1901. Serial N0- 63,970. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID HIRAM ROWE, a citizen of the United States,residing at East Oakland, county of Alameda, State of California, haveinvented an Improvement in Ink- Wells; and I hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to ink-wells of that class which may be fixed indesks or similar structures; and its objectis to provide a permanentdust-proof cover, with means for conveniently opening and closing toobtain access to the well.

It consists in a means for operatively attaching the cover to the welland means for releasing it, so that it can be removed when desired.

It also comprises details of construction, which will be more fullyexplained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1represents an ink-well embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview of the upper portion of the Well with the cover in place. Fig. 3represents the upper portion of the well with the cover removed.

A is the body of the well, which may be made of glass or any suitable ordesired material and has an annular rim or flange 2 around the peripheryand near the top.

The depth of the well is sufiicient to hold a reasonable quantity ofink, and at one or more points on the exterior of the well is a verticalprojecting rib, as 3, so that when the well is set into a socket boredor excavated .for the purpose a groove is formed in the side a pen,which can be thrust through this opening into the ink-well.

In order to close well and keep dust out of it, I have shown a cap 6 ofsufficient depth to fit over the upwardly-projecting extension at, andthe hollow interior of the cap fits turnably around this extension. Uponone side the cap has an opening made through it, as at 8. This openingis of such form that when the cap has been turned so as to cause theopening 8 to coincide with the opening 5 in the Well the two form anapproximately round opening, through which the pen can be readilyintroduced. The cap 6 has on one side a lip or projection 9, whichextends out over the top of the flange 2 and just at one side of theopening 8. This extension is of such size that when the cap has beenturned to bring the extension over the opening 5 through the flange 2 itwill close the opening entirely, and when the cap is turned in the otherdirection sufficiently the two openings 5 and 8 coincide, so that thewell can be used. In order to properly secure the cap and prevent itsremoval from the well, while allowing it to turn freely, I have shownthe extension 4 as having a groove or channel 10 made around it towithin a short distance of the vertical edges of the opening 5, which ismade through it. In the sides of. the cap 6 are holes 7, through whichproject the ends of an elastic keeper 11, which ends enter the groove orchannel, and thus retain the cap in place. In the present construction Ihave shown this keeper in the form of a bail curved in such a mannerthat it passes about half-way around the exterior of the cap, in closeproximity thereto, and the ends being bent sharply inward pass throughthe holes 7 in the cap, which are in alinement with the groove 10, sothat the elasticity of the bail, being made of springwire or someequivalent, will cause the ends to enter the groove, while the bail liessnugly that when the bail is turned up to stand vertically its sidespass over the lugs and are spread out, thus withdrawing the ends fromthe groove and allowing the cap to be lifted off from the well, so thatthe latter can be filled or cleaned. In order to prevent the ICC bailbeing turned too far beyond the perpendicular or so as to drop over thefront, I prefer to make these lugs with projecting stops orenlargements, as at 13, so that when the bail has been raised into anupright position, that is, the limit of its movement, the ends areWithdrawn from the groove. \Vhen pushed downward or backwardly, the bailpasses 01f from the lugs, and when it lies in its normal position aroundthe outside of the cap its elasticity causes the ends to enter thegroove, and it will then be turnably locked to the Well and canbe-easily turned to either close or expose the pen-opening, aspreviously described.

The cap may be made of any suitable material and is preferably made ofglass to form with the body A an all-glass ink-well.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a well circumferentially grooved and having anopening in the vertical wall near the top, a cover having a dependingflange to fit over the top of the well and provided with an openingadapted to register with the first-named opening, a bail havingits endspassing through openings in said flange and fitting said circumferential grooved portion, and means rigid with the cover whereby thebail may be expanded to withdraw the ends thereof from the groove topermit the removal of the cover.

2. An open-topped ink-well circumferentially grooved and having-anannular flange between the top and bottom, and having an opening madethrough the side between the upper edge and the flange, a flanged capturnably fitting the well above the flange and having an opening adaptedto register with the opening in the side-of the well, said cap hav-- inginclines on its opposite sides and having a laterally-projecting lipadapted to close the opening in the flange, and means for turnablyconnecting the cap with the well including a bail having elastic keeperspassing through the flange of the cap and entering the grooves in thewell said keepers expansible by said inclines to permit the removal ofthe cap.

3. An ink-well consisting of a body having an open top, a peripheralflange around the upper part, a side opening above and extending intothe top of the flange, a cap turnable about the upper part of the wellhaving an opening adapted to coincide with that of the eeae side of thewell and a lip by which the open ing in the peripheral flange is closedby turning the cap, a groove or channel made around the well above theflange, an elastic bail havin the sides of the cap so as to engage thegroove in the well and secure the cap thereto, said cap having inclineswith which the bail contacts to withdraw the ends of the bail from thegroove whereby the cap may be removed from the well-body. p v

4. An ink-well consisting of a body having an open top, a peripheralflange around the upper part and provided with an opening in the sideand in the upper part of the flange, a

66 ing the ends turned inwardly through holes '7 cap turnable around theupper part of the well, its base resting upon the flange and having anopening adapted to coincide with that in the side of the well and a lipby which the opening is closed by turning the cap, an annular groovemade around the well above the flange, an elastic bail having thecurvature to approximately fit the exterior curvature of the cap, andinwardly-turned ends, holes through the cap through which the said endsby the cap is turnably retained in'plac'e, and lugs formed upon the sideof the cap over which the ball is movable when raised into a the endsdisengaged from the groove in the well.

5. An ink-well consisting of a body having 1 V an open top, a peripheralflange around the upper part and provided with an opening in the sideand extending into the upper part of the flange, a cap fitting over thetop of the well above the flange having an opening ends turned inwardlyand extending through 7 Q the holes in the side of the cap, a groovearound the well above the flange into which the ends pass and enter thegroove in the well where I '7 V 85 .71.; vertical position whereby it isexpanded and V of the bail enter, and lugs on the side ofth'e cap overwhich the bail is passed to withdraw the ends and release the cap, andstops to limit the movement of the bail.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my' hand.

DAVID HIRAM ROWE,

Vitnesses:

ALBERT SCHMIDT, O. CARROLL MARSH.

